Lent 2009. Get Behind Me Coffee

So, now you know what I'm giving up for lent.  Don't laugh.  We each have our demons.  For you, it could be chewing gum, Facebook, or the sports section of the newspaper.  I thought long and hard about those things in my life which I just can't seem to live without.  The good Lord has helped me a great deal over the years, teaching me to live without some things I used to believe were essential for life--like television for instance.  The next battle against the flesh is coffee, however.  That was fairly clear once I got honest about it.

So, here I am, asking for your prayers as I take on a mighty devil in my life.  Let us encourage eachother as we wrestle these ridiculous things out of our life and lay them at the feet of Christ.

In the video, don't miss the refrain, "You can sleep when you are dead."  A blessed Ash Wednesday to you all.

Good bye coffee.  Hello Jesus.

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FrRobbT's picture

Is it the coffee or the

Is it the coffee or the caffeine you are giving up? There are numerous alternatives to coffee if you really need a caffeine fix. So if you resort to those, are you "cheating"? Or is it something else?

May yuu dive ever deeper.

Fr Robb Trebbe
Holy Trinity Anglican Parish
Ocean Beach

David, Bach's coffee cantata

David, Bach's coffee cantata might be of some consolation to you during this season:

http://afactor.net/kitchen/coffee/kaffeeKantate.html

All the best!

No!!! NOT COFFEE!

No!!! NOT COFFEE!

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